User manual OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA 1995

U > 1 d I The 1995 OldsrnobileAchieva Owner's Manual ~~ How to Use this Manual .111 This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols. Seats and Restraint Systems .......................................................... 1-1 This section tells you how to use yourseats and safety belts properly. Italso explains the "SRS" system. FeaturesandControls ............................................................... 2-1 This section explains how to start and operate your Oldsmobile. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .................................................. 3-1 This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. 4-1 YourDrivingandtheRoad ........................................................... Here you'll find information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................... 5-1 This section tells you what todo if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. Service and AppearanceCare ......................................................... 6-1 Here the manual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule 7-1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. CustomerAssistanceInformation ..................................................... 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects"on page 8-4. Index ............................................................................. 9-1 Here's an alphabetical listingof almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. .............................................................. ... ............................................................... i We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, OLDSMOBILE and the OLDSMOBTLE Rocket Emblem are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors of Canada Limited" for Oldsmobile Division whenever it appears in this manual. Please keep this manual in your Oldsmobile, so it will be there if you ever need it when you're on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it. WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH National Institute for AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en franpis chez votre concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 22595791 B First Edition @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1994 All Rights Reserved ii How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner's manual from beginning to endwhen they first receive their new vehicle. This will help you learn about the features controls for and your vehicle. In thismanual, you'll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. Index A good place to look for what you need is the Index in the backof the manual. It's an alphabetical list of all that's in the manual, the pagenumber where you'll and find it. In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions.If you don't, you or others could be hurt. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol means "Don",""Don't do this,"or "Don't let thishappen.'' Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safety cautionsin this book. We use a box with gray background and the word CAUTION to tell about things that you could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Also in this book you will find thesenotices: In the noticearea, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty, and it couldbe costly. But the notice will tell you what to doto help avoid the damage. NOTICE: These mean there is something that could damageyour vehicle. I When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. You'll also seewarning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions,blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. iv Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, these symbols are used on an original battery: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC BATTERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS AVOID SPARKS OR FLAMES SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BATTERY These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: ENGINE COOLANT TEMP BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM Here are some other symbols you may see: FUSE A These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: DOOR LOCK UNLOCK These symbols have todo with your lights: These symbols are on some of your controls: WINDSHIELD WIPER -FI-1 -%- RELEASE TURN SIGNALS ee WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER WINDOW DEFOGGER BRAKE (a) d RADIO VOLUME FASTEN SEAT BELTS CONDITIONING A'R 4 3 FUEL ENGINE OIL PRESSURE W RELEASE TRUNK e n POWER WINDOW VENTILATING FAN LIGHTER ,\I/, FOG LAMPS $0 TEMP ANTI-LOCK BRAKE 9OILb HORN )tr (@) SPEAKER b V NOTES Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'll find information about the seats your in Oldsmobile and how to use your safety beltsproperly. You can also learn about some things should not do you with air bagsand safety belts. Seats and Seat Controls This section tellsyou about the seats how to adjust -and them -- and also about reclining seatbacks head restraints. 1-1 Manual Four-Way Adjustable Seat(Option) Move the control lever under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slidethe seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. There are two levers at the front of the seat. The left lever adjusts the seat forward and back. The right lever adjusts the angle of the front of the seat. Lift the left lever (A) up and adjust the seat forward or back. Then release the lever and try to move the seat to be certain that it is locked in place. Lift the right lever (B), and lean forward or backward. 1-2 Power Seat Controls (Option) Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding the switch up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the switch down. Reclining Front Seatbacks To adjust thepower seat on some models: Front Control (A): Raise the frontof the seat by holding the switch up. Lower the front of the seatby holding the switch down. Center Control (B): Move the seatforward or back by holding the control tothe front or back. lvlove the seat higher by holding the controlup. Lower the seat by holding the control down. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer sideof the seat and move the seatback where you want it. Release the lever tolock the seatback. Pull up on the lever and the seat willgo to an upright position. 1-3 But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 1-4 Head Restraints Slide thehead restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chanceof a neck injury in a crash. Front Seatback Latches(2-Door Models) The frontseatback folds forward to let people get into the back seat. Your seatback will move back and forth freely, unless you come toa sudden stop. Then it will lock into place. There's one time the front seatsmay not fold without some help from you. That's if your vehicle is parked facing down a fairly steep hill. To fold a front seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear seat as you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. The latch must be down for the seat towork properly. Easy-Entry Seat (2-Door Models) The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get in and out of the rear seat. When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward, the whole seat will slide forward. 0 Split Fold-Down Rear Seat (Option) After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the right front seatback to its original position. Then move the seat rearward until it locks. To fold down the rear seat, pull forward on the seat tab. To get out again, tilt the seatback fully forward. Push the seatback up to return it to its original position. To make sure the seatback is secure, push it intoa fully upright position. 1-6 Safety Belts: They're for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System, or "air bag" system. Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Warning Light" in the Index.) In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do havea crash, you don't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can so be serious that even buckled a person wouldn't survive. up But most crashes are in between. many of them, people In who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! 1-7 Why Safety BeltsWork When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels. 1-s Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn't stop. The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it couldbe the windshield ... 1-9 or the instrumentpanel ... or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop overmore distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. Here Are Questions Many People Ask Q: About Safety Belts-- and the Answers A: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear safety belts? You may be an excellent driver, but if you're in an accident -- even one that isn't your fault -- you and your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver doesn't protect you from things beyond your control, such as bad drivers. Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 k ) m of home. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speedsof less than 40 mph (65 kt-&). Safety belts are for everyone. Q: accident ifI'm wearing a safety belt? A: You could be -- whether you're wearing a safety belt or not.But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you're upsidedown. And your chance of being conscious duringand after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. Q: A: Why don't theyjust put in air bags people so won't have to wear safety belts? Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in more of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems only; so they work with safety belts-- not instead of them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even if you're in a vehicle that has air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most protection. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side other collisions. and 1-11 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly Adults This partis only for people of adult size. Be aware that there are special things to know about safety belts and children. And there aredifferent rules for smallerchildren and babies. If a child will be riding in your Oldsmobile, see the part this manual called of "Children." Follow those rules for everyone's protection. First, you'll want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. We'll start with the driver position. Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. Was your Oldsmobile first sold, when new, in Canada? (If it was, a stickeron the driver's door will say "conforms to all applicable Canada motor vehicle . . . etc.) If so, then this "Driver Position" part doesn't apply to your vehicle, To learn how to use your driver position safety belts, read the Canadian Owner S Manual Safety Belt Supplement. It comes with every new Oldsmobile first sold in Canada. 9' 1-12